From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se>
Cc: ams@gnu.org, Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@dms.auburn.edu>,
rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Reset buttons in Customize
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 21:16:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43BC2D26.3090906@student.lu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fyo3epak.fsf@stupidchicken.com>
Chong Yidong wrote:
>> I suggest changing custom-reset-current and
>> custom-reset-saved to *really* become "Show Current Value" and "Show
>> Saved Value" (and custom-reset-2standard to "Show Standard Value").
>> That is, the buttons only change the values shown in the widgets,
>> without setting them. The user explicitly calls "Set for Current
>> Session" or "Save for Future Sessions" to do what he wants, which
>> reduces the risk of confusion.
>>
>>That would mean two new whole buffer buttons and two new items in the
>>State menu.
>>
>>
>
>Nope -- the point is to *replace* the "reset to *" buttons, so there
>will be no change in the number of buttons.
>
>
I like the idea. The buttons could also be grouped according to whether
they applies to field values or setting/saving.
If this is not a big change then it would IMO be good to do it now,
since it is now that Custom really is supposed to be used. Care must be
taken for the strange "hidden" values of course.
>
>
>> However, an even better simplification is what I previously suggested:
>> do away with the concept of "set for current session", and make
>> Customize save automatically.
>>
>>I believe that many Custom users often use these buttons. I certainly
>>do.
>>
>>
I too use "set for current session".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-04 20:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 110+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-21 2:54 Bug, probably related to Custom Themes Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-21 18:31 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-21 18:40 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-21 21:12 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-21 22:58 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-22 5:47 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-23 0:20 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-23 4:04 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-23 4:26 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-23 18:12 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-23 19:38 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-23 20:22 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-23 23:18 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-23 23:21 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 1:50 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-24 1:53 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 2:03 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 4:11 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-24 16:33 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-02 1:49 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 2:35 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 4:05 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-24 16:33 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-24 17:14 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 21:18 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-25 19:06 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-25 19:38 ` Drew Adams
2005-12-26 6:22 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-26 18:43 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-25 20:34 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-26 18:43 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-23 5:03 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-21 19:03 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-21 19:08 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-21 19:59 ` David Kastrup
2005-12-21 21:19 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-21 22:19 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-22 3:50 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-22 3:51 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-22 3:57 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-22 5:14 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-22 17:51 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-23 0:29 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 2:36 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-24 2:49 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2005-12-24 4:19 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-24 4:55 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-24 7:04 ` Chong Yidong
2005-12-25 2:52 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-25 23:43 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-12-25 2:51 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-12-25 3:24 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-02 15:03 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-02 15:38 ` Chong Yidong
2006-01-02 20:26 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-02 22:11 ` Lennart Borgman
2006-01-03 16:25 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-03 19:07 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 17:58 ` Reset buttons in Customize (Was: Bug, probably related to Custom Themes.) Chong Yidong
2006-01-04 19:03 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2006-01-04 19:31 ` Reset buttons in Customize David Kastrup
2006-01-04 19:31 ` Reset buttons in Customize (Was: Bug, probably related to Custom Themes.) Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 20:00 ` Reset buttons in Customize Chong Yidong
2006-01-04 20:16 ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
2006-01-04 20:45 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 20:51 ` Chong Yidong
2006-01-04 21:04 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 21:20 ` Chong Yidong
2006-01-04 21:20 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 21:28 ` Chong Yidong
2006-01-04 21:34 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-05 1:50 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 20:25 ` Reset buttons in Customize (Was: Bug, probably related to Custom Themes.) Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 21:27 ` Reset buttons in Customize Chong Yidong
2006-01-05 0:32 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-04 21:39 ` Reset buttons in Customize (Was: Bug, probably related to Custom Themes.) Drew Adams
2006-01-05 16:35 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-05 1:35 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-05 15:50 ` Reset buttons in Customize David Kastrup
2006-01-05 23:10 ` Reset buttons in Customize (Was: Bug, probably related to Custom Themes.) Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-06 5:51 ` Reset buttons in Customize Bill Wohler
2006-01-07 21:03 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-08 3:54 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-08 4:01 ` Bill Wohler
2006-01-08 4:05 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-08 10:19 ` David Kastrup
2006-01-09 11:24 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-01-08 4:24 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-09 0:52 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-09 4:26 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-10 2:02 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-10 4:54 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-10 5:14 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-11 0:49 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-11 1:14 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-11 3:27 ` David Kastrup
2006-01-11 4:05 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-11 15:18 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-12 2:56 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-12 18:24 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-12 15:11 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-12 23:12 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-10 5:23 ` Bill Wohler
2006-01-10 17:53 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-10 18:23 ` Bill Wohler
2006-01-10 22:08 ` Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-11 13:56 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-02 20:42 ` Bug, probably related to Custom Themes Luc Teirlinck
2006-01-05 1:31 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-12-22 5:46 ` Richard M. Stallman
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